Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

News about Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jun. 19, 2015

Rutgers' board approves plan to build new men's and women's basketball facility and give university's football team exclusive use of refurbished Hale Center. MORE

May. 26, 2015

Rutgers defensive back Darian Dailey is arrested in Florida, charged with robbery with a firearm. MORE

May. 12, 2015

Joe Nocera Op-Ed column comments on dispute between Rutgers University faculty and university's athletics department over finances; contends while Rutgers sports have consistently bled money, to tune of $26 million in 2014, fact that school is now a member of Big Ten conference means academics will be the loser. MORE

Apr. 16, 2015

NCAA proposes new settlement in concussion lawsuit, with terms that include $70 million monitoring fund for athletes, $5 million for research and stricter return-to-play guidelines for athletes who sustain head injuries; other college sports news noted. MORE

Apr. 7, 2015

Rutgers University bans fraternity and sorority house parties at its main campus for rest of spring semester because of alcohol-related problems, including death of a student. MORE

Mar. 24, 2015

Mar. 23, 2015

Rutgers University women's basketball coach C Vivian Stringer prepares to face arch rival University of Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma in second round of NCAA tournament; UConn is only team that has consistently beaten Rutgers since she took over team in 1995. MORE

Mar. 4, 2015

Mar. 3, 2015

Profile of Myles Mack, senior guard at Rutgers who has continued to play basketball at a high level and maintain a strong sense of character despite repeated losses, a coaching scandal and other setbacks. MORE

Dec. 27, 2014

Rutgers dominates North Carolina, 40-21, in college football's Quick Lane Bowl. MORE

Oct. 19, 2014

Oct. 18, 2014

Harvey Araton On College Football column observes that Rutgers is preparing to play Ohio State for the first time since becoming a part of the Big Ten conference; notes informal poll showing that many Ohio fans know very little about the Scarlet Knights and their history. MORE

Oct. 5, 2014

Sep. 27, 2014

Rutgers University is to name a chair for Gloria Steinem, symbol of modern American feminism; chair will be in media, culture and feminist studies, reflecting on Steinem's long career as a journalist as well as a public intellectual. MORE

Sep. 23, 2014

Rutgers University student Darsh Patel is killed by a black bear, the first such recorded death in New Jersey since the 1850s; he and four friends were hiking in the Apshawa Preserve in the northern part of the state when they encountered the 300-pound bear, which was found and euthanized. MORE

Sep. 22, 2014

Rutgers running back Paul James will miss rest of the 2014 football season with knee injury. MORE

Sep. 21, 2014

Campus Corner; Rutgers Revolutionary War-era cannon has been part of the university's football program since 1949; it is set off three times before each home football game, again at halftime and game's end, and after every score by the Scarlet Knights. MORE

Sep. 14, 2014

Aug. 7, 2014

Jul. 30, 2014

Rutgers and Maryland football teams, attending media day for the first time as part of the Big Ten, are peppered with questions regarding their place in a new conference; teams are being eyed skeptically by fans of the 12 teams that already resided in one of college football's most prominent and competitive conferences. MORE

May. 18, 2014

Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column laments that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pulled out of commencement speech at Rutgers University following protests; argues that it would have presented an unlikely but excellent opportunity for her to do some soul searching about her failures as part of the George W Bush administration. MORE

May. 16, 2014

Timothy Egan Op-Ed column criticizes students at Rutgers University, Smith College and Haverford College for protesting inclusion of Condoleezza Rice, Christine Lagarde and Robert J Birgeneau, respectively, at their commencement ceremonies; notes students succeeded in getting all three speakers to withdraw, and contends their objections were based on the kind of intolerance and extremism that is the worst enemy of free speech. MORE

May. 14, 2014

Rutgers football team dismisses quarterback Philip Nelson following his arrest in connection with an assault on Isaac Kolstad, former fellow linebacker, outside a bar in Mankato, Minn; Kolstad remains in critical condition. MORE

May. 12, 2014

Rutgers University quarterback Philip Nelson is arrested in Mankato, Minn, and charged with third-degree assault on Minnesota State University linebacker Isaac Kolstad, who is in critical condition. MORE

May. 4, 2014

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who was to give commencement address at Rutgers University, says she will not give speech; her announcement comes after weeks of protests by some students and faculty members over university's decision to invite her. MORE

Apr. 6, 2014

Rutgers wins Women’s National Invitation Tournament championship with a 56-54 win over host Texas-El Paso. MORE

Jan. 29, 2014

Investigation determines that former Rutgers assistant football coach Dave Cohen did not bully former player Jevon Tyree, and that there was no retaliation against the player. MORE

Jan. 20, 2014

Connecticut overwhelms Rutgers, 94-64, in women's college basketball. MORE

Jan. 18, 2014

Rutgers women’s basketball team, in the top 25 again after an off year under coach C Vivian Stringer, prepares to face No 1-ranked Connecticut. MORE

Dec. 29, 2013

College Football Bowl Roundup; Notre Dame beats Rutgers, 29-16, in the fourth-annual Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium; other bowl scores noted. MORE

Dec. 9, 2013

Dec. 7, 2013

Age discrimination claims are on the rise as members of post-World War II baby boom enter their 60s; Richard L White, who was director of career services at Rutgers University for 22 years, has filed age discrimination lawsuit after being fired; three other longtime administrators, who were also terminated, have joined suit, bringing increasingly contentious workplace issue into open. MORE

Dec. 1, 2013

Rutgers and Maryland will join Big Ten college football conference in summer 2014; expansion means conference will cover roughly 30 percent of country by population and more than 15 percent by geography; with an eastward push, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany found yet another cash engine for the conference he has led for the past 25 years. MORE

Nov. 22, 2013

Central Florida dominates Rutgers, 41-17, to remain unbeaten in the American Athletic Conference. MORE

Nov. 10, 2013

Mike Rice, former head coach for Rutgers University men's basketball team, is doing everything he can to prove he can control his competitive nature; Rice is running after-school clinics for third-to-sixth graders, large step down from being head coach of a university team, after being fired for mistreating his players. MORE

Oct. 11, 2013

Oct. 6, 2013

College Football East Roundup; Rutgers earns 55-52 triple overtime victory against Southern Methodist; other scores noted. MORE

Sep. 25, 2013

Rutgers is latest formerly all-male college to bring its alma mater in line with its new demographics; school song's lyrics are retooled to be all inclusive by Patrick Gardner, university’s director of choral studies. MORE

Sep. 22, 2013

College Football East Roundup; Rutgers rallies to defeat Arkansas, 28-24; other scores noted. MORE

Sep. 20, 2013

Rutgers running back Paul James and fullback Michael Burton, both walk-ons, make up what Rutgers believes to be the only nonscholarship starting backfield for a major college in the country; James leads the Football Bowl Subdivision with 493 rushing yards. MORE

Sep. 15, 2013

College Football East Roundup; Rutgers beats Eastern Michigan, 28-10; Eric Le Grand becomes first players in 144-year history of Rutgers to have his jersey retired during halftime; he was paralyzed in 2010 game; other scores noted. MORE

Sep. 8, 2013

College Football East Roundup; Rutgers defeats Norfolk State, 38-0; other scores noted. MORE

Jul. 31, 2013

Rutgers announces that Eric LeGrand’s No 52 jersey will be the first retired by the Scarlet Knights; LeGrand broke two vertebrae in October 2010 while making a tackle on a kickoff return against Army; other college football news noted. MORE

Jul. 16, 2013

Dr Robert L Barchi, president of Rutgers, comes under fire once again after acknowledging that he receives more than $300,000 for sitting on the boards of two companies that do business with the university; Democratic legislators say relationships raise concerns about conflicts of interest given the university's expanding role in scientific and medical research and call on Barchi to resign positions. MORE

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